Data merging and harmonization in comparative electoral research : assessing the impact of voterś evaluations of party leaders on voting behavior /
In this methods case, we use the experience from two previous publications to discuss the process of data merging for the purpose of conducting comparative electoral research. These publications devoted to analyzing the electoral effects of voterś evaluations of party leaders on their voting behavio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2019.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this methods case, we use the experience from two previous publications to discuss the process of data merging for the purpose of conducting comparative electoral research. These publications devoted to analyzing the electoral effects of voterś evaluations of party leaders on their voting behavior, through the use of leaderś personality traits. This has been achieved by pooling several national election surveys into a single dataset. With these caseś background, we reflect on questions such as data availability, merging different datasets, and harmonization of dissimilar survey questions. The practicalities of pooling data are discussed, and strategies to overcome common obstacles are provided. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526478825 152647882X |